NDLEA, police operatives fight dirty over suspected female drug dealer in Bayelsa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, and their police counterpart clashed at the Ekeki Police Division over attempts to arrest a suspected drug dealer.

The confrontation, it was learnt, caused pandemonium at the Ekeki Police Division in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital

An eyewitnesses disclosed that some NDLEA operatives were in the area to arrest a woman suspected to be a drug peddler and even made entry in the police records before carrying out their assignment.

A resident at Ekeki revealed that as the NDLEA squad was carrying out its operation, the policemen from the Ekeki Police Division obstructed the NDLEA operatives.

In the resulting fracas, several gunshots were fired which scared residents.

Tyres of two operating vehicles of the NDLEA were deflated by the police to prevent the NDLEA operatives from taking the suspect away. Nobody for now can fathom what caused the fight.

When contacted, NDLEA spokesman, Howells Obah, said that the operatives of the Agency complied with standard operational procedure in carrying out the raid on the suspected drug dealer.

Said Obah: “Our men went for operation behind Ekeki Police Division. Our man made an entry in the police station as required but we learnt the suspect is a wife of a Policeman and enjoyed protection.

“They shot at two of our vehicles and we are trying to see how we can take them out, and we are making efforts to keep the situation from escalating further.”

Meanwhile, Musa Mohammed, Bayelsa State Police Command’s spokesman, confirmed the incident.

Said Mohammed: “I am going there now to find out what happened”

However, it could not be ascertained if the anti drug agency succeeded in arresting the suspected female drug dealer.